After a year and two months of working remotely for my current employer, we’ve been asked to return to the office full time. We were given a few week to prep, and honestly, I’ve been okay with it.

As of this writing, I’ve only been there for my full shift for one day. It was nice to see faces that I’ve only known voices of for as long as I have. Also good to know that the dress code is loose.

Like, manager wearing a shirt tied to a popular game series loose. Not that I’m going in with what few I have, but the option is nice to have.

The biggest takeaway is that the space I made for the job in my room is mine, again. It can still be considered a work space, just all for me.

Even with word that I could keep some of my equipment here in a case of working overtime, I have to roll my eyes and ask “why bother?”

There are benefits of working remotely for sure. I’ve capitalized on plenty of healthy ones since I warmed up to the then-new groove. What matters now is that I keep up with them, and not reconsider discouragement in things like limited prep time and privacy.

Too often we have to make adjustments for reasons that might feel like an inconvenience at first, but the time we’ve made before them can determine how we can approach the changes.

It’s not a great look to say “now I can’t do…” something that was in your heart to do when there was time to do it. That was something I was guilty of too often, and could still be.

There is still time to draw, to write on here, prioritize fitness, continuing education, and more. Wanting it and acting on it months in advance is proof to myself that I’m using my time wisely.

That goes double for resting from all of it when I know I need to.

Good thing we’re off on the 4th, then 😉

– Kingston Priest